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No. 633,076. Patented Sept. I2, 1899. C. T. CONNOR, P. J. ZIEGLER & C.J. W. BRELAND.

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C. T. CONNOR, P. J. ZIEGLER &. C. J. W. BBELAND.

AXLE OILEB.

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(JllAll-lilfih 'l. (EUNN' H, PAUL J. ZIEGLICR, ANl) CHARLES .l. \V.l-lltELAND, OF

ALLENDA LE, SOU'lll. (EAltOLlNA.

AXLE-OILER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 633,076, dated September12, 1899.

Application filed May 3, 1899. Serial No. 715,440. No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: Be it known that we, CHARLES T. CONNOR,PAUL J. ZIEGLER, and CHARLES J. W. linu- LAND, citizens of the UnitedStates, residing at Allendalc, in the county of llarnwell and State ofSouth Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAxle-Oilers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v

Our invention relates to improvements in axle-oilers, and has for itsobject the provid- I 5 ing of a simple means whereby the axle-spindlesof buggies, carriages, wagons,'and other vehicles may be readily oiledwithout the necessity of removing the wheel or unscrewing the axle-nut.

Besides its simplicityour said invention possesses the great advantageof being readily applicable to any of the wagon, carriage, buggy, orother vehicle spindles and axles now in common use.Besidesbeingapplicabletobuggies,wagons,

carriages, and other vehicles our said invention may be used inpractically all cases where the lubrication of a bearing or journal isrequired.

In order that the said invention may be more thoroughly understood, thesame will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of 3 5 a buggy or wagonaxle with spindle and showing our improved oiler in position. Fig. 2represents a section taken along the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 and showing theaxle box and nut on the spindle. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cen- 4o tra lsectional view of the oiler and axle, showing the valve of the oiler inits open position. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of our improved oiler,showing it detached from the axle. Fig. -l is a section'taken on theline 4 4 in Fig. 2.

5 Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5 5 in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is asection taken on the line 6 6 in Fig. 8, looking to the right. Fig. 7 isa section taken on the line 7 7 in Fig. 8, looking to the left; and Fig.8 is a detail view, in side elevation, of the disks constituting theoilfeeding piston.

A represents the axle, having the spindle A provided with longitudinalgroove a for the reception of the oil. At the shoulder of the spindle Ais a boss A of the common form, and this boss is provided with anopening thcrethrough which forms a continuation of the groove in thespindle. 13 represents an oil-box which is fitted upon and secured tothe axle adjacent to the said boss A and this oil-box has a tubularoutlet neck or spout ll, which extends through the opening in the boss Aas seen most clearly in Figs. 2 and 2. \Vithintheboxliandinclosingtheinneropening of the tubular spout 13 is a cylindrical 55casing B the inner end of which is entirely open, the outer end of whichcommunicates with the spout 1;, and in the walls of which are formed oneor more openings b 0 represents a bent rod which has a vertical 7oportion extending through a slot B in the upper side of the box B andhas a horizontal portion which extends through the said box into andthrough the spout B and has formed upon its lower end an enlargement c,constituting 7 5 a valve, arranged to close the outlet of the spout Bwhen the rod is drawn inwardly to a suificient extent to bring the saidenlargement into contact with the outlet-opening.

D represents a coil-spring fixed in the rear of the bottom of the box Band connected to v the bent red C, so as to exert a pull thereon tendingto close the outlet-valve.

0 represents a disk which incloses and is rigidly mounted upon thehorizontal portion of the red O and is arranged to move within thecylindrical casing B as a piston within a cylinder. (J representsanother disk provided with an opening therethrough which allows it tomove freely upon the said red, the said disk 0 being loosely connectedto the disk C by means of a rivet 0 as seen in Figs. 6, 7, and 8. Therigid disk C is provided with openings 0 which allow passage of oil pastthe disk, and the loose disk C is 95 provided with openings 0 alsoarranged to admit passage of oil; but the openings in the latter disk donot register with the openings in the former, so that when the two diskslie fiat against each other the openings through both are closed. \Vhen,however, the rod ('1 is so moved as to draw the disks through thecylinder B backward, the friction of the loose disk against the sides ofthe cylinder will cause the said disk to swing away from the rigid disksomewhat, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 8, thus allowing thepassage of oil through the openings in the said disks. The object ofthese disks is to cause the oil to be fed intermittently to the spout Bin small quantities, and this object will be accon1plished,as is readilyunderstood, by this arrangement of the disks, which form'a closed pistonas the valve is pushed forward to its open position for ejecting aportion of the oil, while they will act as a valve upon their returnduring the movement of the rod'to the closed position of theoutlet-valve. Itwill also be seen that the delivery of a portion of theoil will be insured even though it may be congealed somewhat, as wouldbe likely to occur in cold weather.

Oil is supplied to the box B as needed through the openingB and thisopeningand the slot H are closed by means of the curved plates 12% and brigidly attached to the vertical portion of the rod 0 and arranged tomove closely over the inner and outer surfaces, respectively, of theupper wall of the box B, as shown in Figs. 2, 2, and 5.

The box B has a rearward extension B at its bottom, which is clampedupon\the axle by means of the clip E, and thus, with the assistance ofthe spout B, passing through the boss A onthe axle, holds the box firmlyin position.

' The operation of the device is as follows: The box having been filledwith oil through the opening 13 as above described, and being desired tolubricate the axle without moving the wheel therefrom, the rod 0 ispushed forward-that is, toward the outer end of the axle-by means of theknob B provided for this purpose, which displaces the valve 0 from theoutlet end of the spout B, and at the same time the piston, composed ofthe disks 0 and c forces a small quantity of the oil through theoutlet-spout into the groove a in the spindle, wherein the oil isdistributed along the spindle and is communicated to the boxing A byrotation of the wheel, as is well known. When; the knob B is released,the valve 0 closes the outlet of the spout B and the flow ofoil'isstopped. During the return of the rod 0 the loose disk 0 willswing away from the rigid disk (3 and a portion of oil will flow throughthe openings in the said disk into the outlet-spout B, ready to bedischarged when lubrication of the spindle again becomes necessary.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In an axle-oiler, the combination with an oil-box having inlet andoutlet openings; and a spout fitting over the outlet-opening; of. a

bent rod or stem having one end extending through the wall of theoil-box for manipulasliding plates on said rod arranged to close tion byhand, and having its other end extending through the outlet-opening andsaid spout; avalve on the latter end of said rod or stem arranged toclose the opening through said spout; and a spring acting upon said rodto close said valve, substantially as described.

2. In an axle-oiler, the combination with an oil-box having inlet andoutlet openings; and a spout fitting over the outlet-opening; of a bentrod or stem having one end extending through the wall of the box formanipulation by hand, and having its other end extending through theoutlet-opening and said spout;

the inlet-opening in the wall of said box; 'a

opening through said spout; and a spring acting upon said rod to closesaid valve; sub. stantially as described. g g 3. In an axle-oiler, thecombination with an oil-box having inlet and outlet openings; 21.

.valve on the said rod arranged to close the spout fitting over theoutletopening without said box; and a cylindrical casing surrounding theoutlet-opening within'said box; of a rod extending from within said boxthrough the said casing and said spout; a valve on said rod arranged toclose said spout; a perforated piston on said rod working in saidcasing; and means for allowing the manipulating of said rod to operatesaid valve, substantially as describe v 4 4. In anaxle-oiler,thecombination with'an' oil-box having an outlet-opening; adeliveryspout fitting over said outlet-opening without the box, and aperforated cylindrical casing surrounding said outlet-opening withinsaid box; of a rod or stem extending through the said cylindrical casingand through the outlet-opening and said spout; a piston on said rodworking in said cylindrical casing; a valve on the said rod or stemarranged to close the discharge-opening of said spout; and a springacting upon said. rod to close said valve, substantially as described.

5. In an axle-oiler, the combination with an oil-box having anoutlet-opening; a deliveryspout fitting over said outlet-opening with-''7 out the box, and a cylindrical casing surrounding said outlet-openingwithin said box; of a rod or stem extending through the said cylindricalcasing and through" the outletopening andsaid spout; a piston provided,with perforations, and a valve arranged,to 7 close said perforations,working in said cylindrical casing on said rod; a valve on said rodarranged to close the discharge opening of said spout; and a springacting upon said rod to close said valve, substantially as described.-

In testimony whereof we aifix o'nr signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES T. CONNOR. PAUL J. ZIEGLER. CHARLES 'J. BRELAND.

V -W'itnesses:

' JULIUS SKLARZ,

H, W. MONTAGUE.

